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Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 CD-ROM

Gill Budgell and Kate Ruttle

Animations of letters and joins, video exercises to improve gross and fine motor skills, sky writing and more.

The Penpals for Handwriting CD-ROMs are a key part of the scheme's popularity and success. They feature animations of letters and joins, video exercises to improve gross and fine motor skills, sky writing and more.

Animations of letter formations and key joins for a perfect model – taking the pressure off you!
Animated sky-writing patterns for practising letters and joining patterns in the air.
Video exercises for gross and fine motor skills to prepare pupils for handwriting.
Video clips for guidance on correct posture and pencil hold for left- and right-handed pupils.
Teacher’s notes to support you in directly teaching handwriting.

About
Requirements

Penpals contributes towards the development of a successful writing classroom by supporting the direct teaching of handwriting and providing daily opportunity for practice.

Contents

About Penpals – information about the CD-ROMs and the rationale of Penpals as a handwriting scheme; 30 Units featuring letter/join animations, practice words, sky writing and a challenge word; Teacher's Notes for each unit page; Warm up video clips; Posture clips (video stills); Handwriting patterns; Printable homework sheets; Joining letter sets page showing the types of join used between different letters; Alphabet with animations of each letter shape to show formation.

PC only: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/Vista/7
Intel® Pentium® 3 or Intel Celeron (or compatible) 450MHz processor
256 MB of RAM; 100MB of available hard-disk space
800 x 600 monitor resolution
Sound card
CD-ROM drive
Adobe® Reader® 6.0.1
Standard web browser

MSI package included for easy installation onto your:
RM® Community Connect® 3 network
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2000/2003/2008 network

This title is part of our Penpals for Handwriting series:

Titles in this series

Title	Price	In your shopping list	Approval copy
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 1: Mark-Making and Creativity CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845651725	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 1 Mark-making and Creativity Teacher's Book and audio CD ISBN: 9781845651718	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650100	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651954	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755023	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Practice Book 1 (pack of 10) ISBN: 9780521755009	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Practice Book 2 (pack of 10) ISBN: 9780521755016	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650087	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651961	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755054	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755047	$10.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650094	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651978	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755085	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755078	$10.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650117	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651985	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755115	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755108	$10.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650124	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651992	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755146	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755139	$12.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Years 5/6 / Primary 6/7 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845651060	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Years 5/6 / Primary 6/7 Teacher's Book with OHTs on CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845652005	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Font CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845652531	$n/a